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The U.S. Remains
Hopeful On M.E.
JAMES D. BESSER
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
ictures of Yassir Arafat em-
bracing llamas and Is-
lamic Jihad leaders were
jarring — but not enough
to jar the Clinton administration
offits current course as it tries to
restart the Israeli-Palestinian
talks.
Administration officials pri-
vately acknowledge that the show
of Palestinian unity was a set-
back in their effort to push the
Palestinian leader toward a seri-
ous crackdown on the terrorist
infrastructure.
But they also continue to be-
lieve that Mr. Arafat is commit-
ted to the peace process, and that
the Palestinians are beginning to
work through the three-way se-
curity committee that includes
an official of the Central Intelli-
gence Agency. They also believe
that Mr. Arafat's latest flirtation
with extremist leaders was a po-
litical ploy intended to shore up
support for the Palestinian Au-
thority, not an endorsement of
terrorism.
The administration, sources
say, continues to define its
demands of enhanced security
cooperation by the PA, a corner-
stone of the new American
initiative, broadly; Israel is de-
manding specific actions, in-
cluding the arrest of up to 200
suspected terrorists.
State Department spokesman
James P. Rubin ducked the ques-
tion of whether Washington sup-
ports the Israeli demand,
insisting instead that "the best
way to make sure security coop-
eration occurs is for them to be
able to do their work in private.
And, their work in private in-
cludes the subject of whom to ar-
rest and when to arrest them."
Mr. Rubin denied press reports
that Secretary of State Madeleine
Albright had postponed her trip
to the region because of Mr.
Arafat's failure to move aggres-
sively on the security front. "I can
tell you that there has been no
change in her plan," he said.
But he also pointed to the ad-
ministration's unhappiness with
Mr. Arafat's performance so far.
"The prospects for advancing
the peace process in that trip
would be advanced if the Pales-
tinian Authority were in a posi-
tion to provide additional
information and cooperation,
through the mechanism that we
have helped create, so that the fo-
cus would not be on security is-
sues, but the focus could be on
restoring trust and confidence,"
he said.
Sources here say that Mr.
Arafat's actions have put the ad-
ministration in a bind.
"The hope was that Arafat
would give something after Al-
bright's speech, and that they
could then start to work on Bibi
[Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin
Netanyahu]," said a leading pro-
Israel activist. 'There is a strong
feeling in the administration that
they have to push Netanyahu to
offer a reasonable plan to the
Palestinians — but that they
can't do it until Arafat makes vis-
ible moves on the security front.
So, the meeting with llamas was
clearly a setback, regardless of
Arafat's motives."
Early Political
Handicapping
Washington is a late-summer
ghost town — in part, because
armies of candidates and consul-
tants are fanned out across the
country, laying the groundwork
for 1998 and beyond.
In Illinois, Rep. Sidney Yates,
a Democrat, will retire after an
amazing 48 years in the House.
With elections still more than
a year away, several candidates
are in the running, including
Chicago lawyer and investor J.B.
Pritzker (a familiar figure on the
pro-Israel circuit), State Rep. Jan
Schakowsky and State Sen.
Howard Carroll — all Jewish.
"Pritzker is the leading candi-
date because of his money and his
contacts," said Charles Brooks,
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Yassir Arafat attends a Palestinian national unity meeting in Gaza City.